Holy Spirit

but His Spirit Remains Luke, the writer of both the Lukan Gospel and the book of Acts, commences the book of Acts by revealing that this book will differ from the Gospel: in the Gospel, Jesus personally taught; in Acts, Jesus teaches by His Spirit through His people. Seeing their Master on the verge of leaving, the Apostles were concerned regarding the restoration of the kingdom. By answering that the timing of the restoration is unknown, Jesus had the disciples once again focus on the Holy…

of the Holy Ghost by teaching us of the Spirit’s true nature, to learn more about the gifts the Spirit gives and to more fully comprehend how we can receive revelation through the Spirit. The Doctrine and Covenants enables us to improve our knowledge of the Holy Ghost by teaching us of the Spirit’s true nature. So often scriptures describe the role of the Spirit, but often times there is no explanation of what the Spirit is. The Doctrine and Covenants teaches of what is the Holy…

tradition. The Catechism outlines the duties of the Magisterium, which is comprised of the responsibility to relay the scriptures to the faithful. The Magisterium chooses which scriptures and traditions are authentic through the Holy Spirit’s inspiration. Through the Holy Spirit’s inspiration the Magisterium is then able to…

seven stars are the seven spirits of God sent out to accomplish God’s commands in the world. The Holy Spirit uses His angels to get His work done on earth. The seven angels serve as representative agents of God; they display in multiple manners the power of God in the world. They stand constantly before God’s presence; they absorb and draw from God all the treasures of wisdom and powers and they duplicate and reflect the same lights and wisdom to those below them. The Holy Spirit manifests His…

The purpose of John 4b-15 is the coming of the Holy Spirit to act as Christ’s substitute on earth and the benefit of the Holy Spirit coming for three main reasons. One: Convicting of the world (verse eight). Two: Guiding into all truth, and speaking on Christ’s behalf (verse 13). Three: Glorify Christ and declare what is His (verse 14). This is important because once Jesus went to be with the Father the Holy Spirit would continue God’s plan of salvation to humankind concerning sin, righteousness…

self-worth. Conviction is from God and brings repentance. Conviction from God establishes our dependence on His grace and enhances our self-worth in Him. Feeling bad about something will not change the mind or action and cannot bring healing. The Holy Spirit opens our eyes to the truth thereby allowing us the choice to repent. People, places, and things can contribute to the application of guilt in our lives. Parents condemning their children can lead to a lifetime of malaise and addictions. Bad…

the Spirit. Acts 2:33 tells us “exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.” The entrance of the Holy Spirit brings about some very powerful and profound things, when the believe allows the Ministry of the Spirit to operate in their lives. The believer has to open up and receive the different ministry of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Rick Warren, author of “The Kingdom Life, writes, “the Holy Spirit is…

Jesus is Lord 2. variety of gifts, but given by same Spirit 3. God empowers them in every believer 4. given for the common good (of the church) 5. there are 13 types of gifts listed 6. given to believers as the Spirit wills So we can reason that specific spiritual gifts are given by God, the Holy Spirit, as he wills, to each and every believer for the edification of the church. Spiritual gifts are not to be confused with the Fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22). As Towns states, “A spiritual gift…

McNeil. Explorations in Theology: Creator Spirit. Vol. III. San Francisco, Calif: Ignatius, 1993. Print. In section II, chapters two and seven of Explorations in Theology: Creator Spirit, Balthasar provides us with a particular Johannine oriented pneumatology. The bulk of his argument seems to be situating the Holy Spirit within an understanding of the Holy Trinity, which establishes the Spirit as truly divine, rejecting any notions to just reduce the Holy Spirit to an afterthought or as a…

Trinity, due to the three main ways He interacts with His creation. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. In the Bible there actually isn’t even the term trinity, but it is however implied. Tim Case describes the trinity as follows, “There is only One True God, eternally self-existent, revealed in three distinct divine persons, The Father, The Son – Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, coequal, without division of nature, essence (substance), or being.” In 1 Corinthians 8:6 it says, “yet…